I and my canoe have traveled many thousands of miles together and we will continue." They would have repeated the offer, but they saw that he was not to be moved and they talked of other things.

The rest was, in truth, welcome to all, as the labors and dangers of the night had been a severe strain upon their nerves and strength, and they luxuriated before the fire while the peaceful day passed.

Henry noticed that the water was still rising, and that the mass of floating debris was also increasing.
"It's been a tremendous rain," he said, "and it's extended far up.

It must have been raining on all the great rivers that run into the Mississippi on either side, away off there in the north.

It's going to be a mighty big flood, and this hill itself will go under." "You're right," said Shif'less Sol.