Sentence:  But the steamboats come in their time ; and I am sure that I address a large crowd of sympathizing auditors, now that I come to speak of the magnificent old "Fanny," spluttering and paddling, and <WSD>splurging</WSD> up to the little wharf under the lea of Peppers Hill, where the pine wood lay piled in fabulous quantities. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.