Raftmates: A Story of the Great River

[Frontispiece: "Winn dashed away with the speed of a deer."]

RAFTMATES - A STORY OF THE GREAT RIVER

BY - KIRK MUNROE

ILLUSTRATIONS.

"WINN DASHED AWAY WITH THE SPEED OF A DEER"... Frontispiece - "WINN SECURED ONE END OF THE CABLE TO THAT PART OF THE BOOM RESTING AGAINST THE SNAG" - "'WHY, THE RAFT HAS GONE!' EXCLAIMED ELTA" - "'HOLD ON, YOUNG MAN! ONE AT A TIME IS ENOUGH'" - "A BROAD STREAM OF WHEAT RUSHED OUT ON DECK" - "'WATCH HIM, BIM!'" - "'WHO'S THERE?' CRIED THE OLD MAN" - "BILLY BRACKETT UTTERED A CRY OF AMAZEMENT" - WINN'S INTRODUCTION TO SABELLA - BILLY BRACKETT IS A FRIEND IN NEED - "THE MULE WAS PURCHASED THAT AFTERNOON" - "WITH A PRODIGIOUS LEAP HE LANDED SQUARELY ON REWARD'S HEAD" - "'THE RAFT HAS GONE, AND WE ARE AFTER IT'" - THE RESCUE OF SABELLA - "THE NEXT INSTANT HE SPRANG TO HIS FEET WITH A CRY" - "THE STRONG ARMS LIFTED HIM AS THEY WOULD A CHILD" - "LIKE YOUNG TIGERS THE BOYS TUGGED AT THE HEAVY SWEEPS" - "'YO' CALLIN' DAT AR PLANTASHUN MOSS BACK?' EXCLAIMED SOLON" (missing from book) - "THE LANTERNS OF THE WORKING GANG GLANCING HERE AND THERE LIKE FIRE-FLIES" - A REUNION OF "MATES"

RAFT MATES.

CHAPTER I. - THE RAFT.

CHAPTER II. - WINN ASSUMES A RESPONSIBILITY.

[Illustration: "Winn secured one end of the cable to that part of the boom resting against the snag."]

CHAPTER III. - A MUD-BESPATTERED ARRIVAL FROM CALIFORNIA.