Lost in the Canon

s if they were testing the strength of the frail structur

self, and the long pole ready in his st

y a few minu

as, with the roar of an angry monster, th

looked about him without seeming to be

party, for he never for an instant lost sight of the fact that his father's freedom if not h

xecuted by courage! What was man's strength and da

am saw that his pole was of no use, for the river

addle, but his efforts had no e

to the center of the flood; then, with the speed of a racer urg

rd. His face was blanched, but it was not wi

ve cried out if he could have given expression to the one thought

n their cries, though their voices were nearly dr

t he forgot his little store of defective Engl

whites of his eyes very conspicuous. He was devoutly on his knees, though he clung t

ers they were whirled out of sight of the caves and were rushing down b

would be crushed by the great jagged rocks that beset their course, but they soon discovered that they were in th

le of the skirmishers' rifles. But as the time passes without their being shot down, they become indifferent

terrors to the landsman, for it is certain th

e, our friends began to feel confident and to l

had not yet regained his knowledge of English. Afte

f we was goin' to sink-

himself heard, and Sam, in respon

can make a landing, I don't car

only formed the sides of the ca?on, but which seemed to block their advance, for the course of the river was tor

twenty miles, the ca?on of Gold Cave Creek entered t

r in it, it flowed with a current that was calmness itself when compared wit

now proceeded to show that his knowl

bad likee dat place we w

as calm as if he were in a place of safety, as he added: "And further down al

said Sam Willett, who had now discovered that by means

embling with fear, but he sat up when the smoother current was reached, and licked his lips and m

compared with that of Gold Cave Creek, it would be

that the waters of Grand River were thirty feet above the aver

hich he could make a landing, it was not till nea

gin of which there were benches of dry ground, covered with stun

raft to the shore, where it was securely fastened, and Wah S

rom the raft when the black shadows of night seemed to rise up from the water, for the glow

argo was safely stored under the cedars,

out his pots, pans and supplies, "is dat we makee file

ggestion met with

s the drift-wood lodged in the crevices of

had exhausted themselves and vanished from the strip of sky visi

ng near by, took on the hue of blood, but our friends we

ely thought that it would be more palatable if warm

t his father, that was never absent from Sam Willett's heart, he co

petites shown by his friends, while trying to comfort them with a half-f