Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 250
il he sawthe landing slip by him, as the boat sweptswiftly down the stream. Then he grabbedthe oars, determined to get the water-ladenboat to the shore as quickly as possible, sinceevery fresh wave added its quota to the waterwithin. It was a hard struggle, but he at last made the shore about a… … V . TIM PULLS THE LIEUTENANT OUT OF THE QUICKSAND. of tons of sand and gravel, as they struck thewater and disappeared in the ever-hungry mawof the river. To go back was useless; he must go forward:but on what ? Not by the river, for that wasimpossible. A narrow ledge of hard sand atthe rivers…
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