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Helpless and Hopeless

           Herethecurrentwasextremelystrong,andthisbrokethewhirlingeddy,andgavetheraftsomestability.JohnandWilsonseizedtheiroarsagain,andmanagedtopushitinanobliquedirection.Thisbroughtthemnearertotheleftshore.Theywerenotmorethanfiftyfathomsfromit,whenWilson’soarsnappedshortoff,andtheraft,nolongersupported,wasdraggedaway.Johntriedtoresistattheriskofbreakinghisownoar,too,andWilson,withbleedinghands,secondedhiseffortswithallhismight.

           Atlasttheysucceeded,andtheraft,afterapassageofmorethanhalfanhour,struckagainstthesteepbankoftheoppositeshore.Theshockwassoviolentthatthelogsbecamedisunited,thecordsbroke,andthewaterbubbledupbetween.Thetravelershadbarelytimetocatchholdofthesteepbank.TheydraggedoutMulradyandthetwodrippingladies.Everyonewassafe;buttheprovisionsandfirearms,exceptthecarbineoftheMajor,wentdriftingdownwiththeDEBRISoftheraft.

           Theriverwascrossed.Thelittlecompanyfoundthemselvesalmostwithoutprovisions,thirty-fivemilesfromDelegete,inthemidstoftheunknowndesertsoftheVictoriafrontier.Neithersettlersnorsquattersweretobemetwith;itwasentirelyuninhabited,unlessbyferociousbushrangersandbandits.

           Theyresolvedtosetoffwithoutdelay.Mulradysawclearlythathewouldbeagreatdragonthem,andhebeggedtobeallowedtoremain,andeventoremainalone,tillassistancecouldbesentfromDelegete.

           Glenarvanrefused.

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