CHAPTER XI.
"THE ELMER MILL AND FERRY COMPANY." Mr.Elmer made careful inquiries concerning the mill about which Mark had told him, and found that it was the only one within twenty miles of Wakulla.

He was told that it used to do a very flourishing business before the bridge was carried away, and things in that part of the county went to ruin generally.

Both Mr.Bevil and Mr.Carter thought that if there was any way of getting over to it, the mill could be made to pay, and were much pleased at the prospect of having it put in running order again.
Mr.March having been a mill-owner, and thoroughly understanding machinery, visited the one in question with Mr.Elmer, and together they inspected it carefully.

They found that it contained old-fashioned but good machinery for grinding corn and ginning cotton, but none for sawing lumber.

Only about thirty feet of the dam had been carried away, and it could be repaired at a moderate expense.