The Young Alaskans on the Missouri

ed out Uncle Dick. "O

ide, throwing his weight on the rail. The water caught him

in on the lower side, were swept under the boat, which all the strength of the ot

cident which in nine cases out of ten wou

faces of two of his young friends at the rail beyond him, their legs under the boat, which was swinging on them, their terror showing in their eyes. He made one

n, as soon as we

low, toward which the boat now was setting. He knew the boys all could s

could carry another pound. Rob was swimming on the upstream side, one hand on the stern. Keeping low in the water, th

for the island, now not over forty yards away over the choppy, rain-whipped water. His head wa

n, until the boat was not far back of John's bobbing head. Then all at once Uncle Dick gave a shout. His feet had struck bottom on the shelving sand once more. Between them they now could guide and drag the boat till they made a landing, with Jesse on top the

panted John, coolly

He only drew Jesse and John to him, one to each arm, wet as they

at last. "Right here in the settlements! There'

If it had been a lot of chaps less cool and ready, we'd none of us have been

Richard, on the Peace R

Upstream is right-and I must say the setting pole saved the day. But, John, you'll never kn

ohn. But at the same time he

ll of water and their stores wet. At last, surely, they had an adv

to for camp!" c

FOR AN INSTANT HALF EXHAUSTED, AND TH

d their grub boxes and dunnage rolls. The beds were all in watertight canvas bags, and so were their spare clothes, so matters might have been worse. The guns could be dried, and the tarpaulin h

is island in this rain, for there's nothing but willows. They're wet. Get the little stove going and pull shut the flaps. When it gets a little warmer we'll open the bags and ch

up, and issue an extra

teaming and they all were sitting on boxes eating their evening meal. The storm

its staff on the boat. "We'll have to dry

ry force is all true blue!"

ll by suddenly crying out in a

ng, old top

tted Jesse, frankly, and pul