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Raymond S. Spears. The Way of the Mississippi
The Way of the Mississippi
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. TOSKIN BUYS A PRETTY SHANTY BOAT
CHAPTER II. JUST NATURALLY SENTIMENTAL
CHAPTER III. AN ARTIST PRACTICES
CHAPTER IV. WHEN A MAN HAS DONE SOMETHING
CHAPTER V. A FAVOR TO A RIVER PIRATE
CHAPTER VI. DANGLING RIVER TEMPTATIONS
CHAPTER VII. THE RIVER DOES TO MEN
CHAPTER VIII. THEY WALK IN RIVER NIGHT
CHAPTER IX. THE CRAVEN LURKS
CHAPTER X. AN OLD MAN'S KISS
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Raymond S. Spears
Published by Good Press, 2020
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Putting the trunks onto the Sneak, he dropped down to the boat and handed them onto the stern deck. Toskin dragged them through the galley into the main cabin easily, despite their weight. He was a slender, graceful young man, with a pallid countenance, nervous energy and gray-green eyes of large and emerald luster. Tappan observed the strong reaction of the trunks to the energetic grip—here was a healthy youth, as well as a temperamental one.
Tappan showed the boat's fine points with river pride. There was as well found a galley-kitchen-pantry as ever floated old Mississip', he explained, and he showed the oil stove, the stores of supplies, the tableware and the built-in sleeping car berth, or bunk. From this had been removed all the bedding, but otherwise, Tappan said, it was the finest kind of an outfit
