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This course, they felt, would avoid any possible encounter with stragglers of the Horde Through Madison Forest--or what reone; but had struck eastward fro, then northward, and so in a wide detour had avoided all the horrors that they knew lay near the wreck of the tower

The river, flowing onward to the sea as caledy of the past night, the past centuries, had never been, filled their tired souls and bodies with a grateful peace Slowly, gently it lapped the wooded shore, where docks and slips had all gone back to nature; the h they could not drink the brackish waters, yet they laved their faces, arms and hands, and felt refreshed Then for some time in silence they skirted the flood, ever northward, away froher still, and great thoughts welled within their hearts The cool night breeze, freshening in from the vast salt wastes of the sea--unsailed forever now--cooled their cheeks and soothed the fever of their thoughts

Where the grim ruin of Grant's Toth upon a strange, rude boat, another, then a third--a whole flotilla,the shore

"Theseforce froht before we took a hand in the ht, and were beaten, and--devoured," said Stern

And with a practical eye, wise and cool even despite the pain of his wounded arm, he exaht

The girl and he agreed on one to use

"Yes, this looks like the h, banca-like craft nearly sixteen feet long, which had been carved and scraped and burned out of a single log

He helped Beatrice in, then cast off the rope In the bottoraded state of workmanship They showed no trace of decoration whatsoever, and the lowest savages of the pre-cataclysmic era had invariably attempted soirl took up one of the paddles

"Which way? Up-stream?" asked she "No, no, you mustn't even try to use that arm"

"Why paddle at all?" Stern answered "See here"

He pointed where a short and crookedthe side Lashed to it was a sail of rawhides, clus, heavy and stiff, yet full of promise