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"Suarez says," he whispered, "that you are to be ready with your tow

ropes As he secures each canoe he will pass it along to li? He ust, he was forthwith muzzled with a piece of rope,

not that this device would stop hiht he would so resent the indignity that he ht pay less heed to

outer circu that Indians were near

The Argentine miner's description of the community which dwelt on Otter

Creek made her understand that there were hundreds within hail

A great joy leaped up in her when the first canoe came under her hand

It was quite easy to manipulate the painter-rope The stem had a

notched knob provided for this very purpose, and there was a stern-post

against which a steersht press a paddle and thus swerve the

canoe in any direction But it was sloork The craft were moored

without any semblance of order, yet Suarez was forced to secure the of half-a-dozen would becoeable

When the second canoe was irl once

to the tick of ainst

her ear "I reckon it has taken ten -outs

Unless weadrift

proposition"