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I find it poor work transcribing sothese shtly? This all occurred so long ago the young man of whom I write seems hardly the sarows upon me that I merely narrate incidents which befell a friend I once knew, but who has long since passed fro up the muddy Arkansas, and in the end disastrous Occasionally, for laddened by a curve toward the northward, yet we dreesterly so much we became fearful lest the Jesuit had ue plunged us deeper into strange, desolate country, until we penetrated regions perhaps never before looked upon by men of our race The land beca place to wide, undulating plains richly decorated ild grasses, ablooe of wood Toward the end of our journeying by boat, after we had passed two cliffs upreared above the water, the higher rising sheer for two hundred feet, we perceived to the northward vast chains of hills rising in dull brown ridges against the sky-line, seerowth to their very sus could we deees, while wild animals were sufficiently numerous to supply all our needs

Three days' journey beyond the great cliff--for we voyaged now during the daylight, htfall--I became convinced of the utter futility of further effort By this time I had recovered sufficiently from my wound to assu that afternoon, so lance past the fiery red crop of the Puritan, who held the after-oar, to where the Captain and Madame rested in the stern I re the featureless shore we skirted, and the lines of care and trouble beco the two, I cast about in my own mind for soether in low tones, so low, indeed, no words reached e euess its purport It was sufficiently clear to all of us that wethe swift current of this river, and were constantly drawing farther fro it not easy to s my hastily spoken words, so I continued to pull steadily at the heavy oars, not seeing clearly how best to conquer myself, confess er influence than false pride urged ain how sadly Eloise drooped her sobered face above the water, it put the heart of asuch amends as were still possible