HOLDING THE FORT CAMPING IN A SEPULCHRE RAFTING OS THE PLATTE RIDING PONY EXPRESS SAVED BY CHIEF RAIN IN-THE-FACE CHANGING HORSES ATTACK ON STAGE COACH ALF.

[Illustration: RAFTING ON THE PLATTE.]

We lost everything we had, which greatly discouraged us, and we thereupon abandoned the idea of rafting it any farther.

The knight was nearly killed by the stench which issued from the foul fiend, but he succeeded in "rafting" her head off, whereupon the brood lapped up the blood, and burst with satiety. Half like a serpent horribly displayed, But th' other half did woman's shape retain.

What a different place this here rock's got to be, sir, from what it was when you and I was floating sea-weed and rafting loam to it, to make a melon or a cucumber bed!

Before the war it had been leased to a French company, and many trees were lying in all stages of preparation for rafting down the Moratsha.

A-rafting on the Mississip'.

SEE Franklin, Benjamin. RUSSELL, THERESA H. A-rafting on the Mississip'.

A-rafting on the Mississip'.

SEE Franklin, Benjamin. RUSSELL, THERESA H. A-rafting on the Mississip'.

The wind at this time was blowing so strong on shore, as to prevent rafting our stuff round to our island, and we were obliged to haul it upon the beach for the present; then dug for water in the highest place, but found it as salt as ever, and then returned to our habitation.

We had heard nothing whatever from Lieutenant Bush and party since the first of the previous May, and we were of course anxious to know what success he had met with in cutting and rafting poles down the Anadyr River, and what were his prospects and plans for the winter.

The big cart floated like a raft part of the way, and we landed with no great difficulty.

They all agreed to turn to, after snowfall, on the river-land, cut a raft of timber, and send it to Montreal in the spring.

By the middle of May we began rolling in for the raft.

We had a little frame house on a big platform, back of the middle section of the raft, with bunks in it, where we ate and slept and told stories.

Then the roar fell back of us, and the raft grew steady.

Before I could gather my thoughts we were in a torrent of rushing air, and the raft had begun to heave and toss.

I knew the raft had doubled; it would fall and grind our bones: but I made no effort to save myself.

A side of the raft was in the water.

The ruined raft was torn and tumbled into a very mountain of logs at the edge of the water.

" Our sweepers and the other sections of the raft were nowhere in sight.

In a bay some two miles below we found, to our joy, the two sections of the big raft undergoing repairs.

" Those were the last words he said to me, and soon I was on the raft again, floating toward the great city of my dreams.

They belong to that class of whom it has been said that 'they would borrow money from Harpagon, and find truffles on the raft of the Medusa.'