Chapter 15

           WEjudgedthatthreenightsmorewouldfetchustoCairo,atthebottomofIllinois,wheretheOhioRivercomesin,andthatwaswhatwewasafter.WewouldselltheraftandgetonasteamboatandgowayuptheOhioamongstthefreeStates,andthenbeoutoftrouble.

           Well,thesecondnightafogbeguntocomeon,andwemadeforatowheadtotieto,foritwouldn’tdototrytoruninafog;butwhenIpaddledaheadinthecanoe,withthelinetomakefast,therewarn’tanythingbutlittlesaplingstotieto.Ipassedthelinearoundoneofthemrightontheedgeofthecutbank,buttherewasastiffcurrent,andtheraftcomeboomingdownsolivelyshetoreitoutbytherootsandawayshewent.Iseethefogclosingdown,anditmademesosickandscaredIcouldn’tbudgeformostahalfaminuteitseemedtomeandthentherewarn’tnoraftinsight;youcouldn’tseetwentyyards.Ijumpedintothecanoeandrunbacktothestern,andgrabbedthepaddleandsetherbackastroke.Butshedidn’tcome.IwasinsuchahurryIhadn’tuntiedher.Igotupandtriedtountieher,butIwassoexcitedmyhandsshooksoIcouldn’thardlydoanythingwiththem.

           AssoonasIgotstartedItookoutaftertheraft,hotandheavy,rightdownthetowhead.Thatwasallrightasfarasitwent,butthetowheadwarn’tsixtyyardslong,andtheminuteIflewbythefootofitIshotoutintothesolidwhitefog,andhadn’tnomoreideawhichwayIwasgoingthanadeadman.

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