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OLD DEBTS FOR NEW.
Jo Portugtais was breaking the law of the river--he was running a little raft down the stream at night, instead of tying up at sundown and camping on the shore, or sitting snugly over cooking-pot by the little wooden caboose on his raft.

But defiance of custom and tradition was a habit with Jo Portugais.

He had lived in his own way many a year, and he was likely to do so till the end, though he was a young man yet.

He had many professions, or rather many gifts, which he practised as it pleased him.