HURLED THROUGH THE CREVASSE AND WRECKED XL.

A MEETING OF MATES ILLUSTRATIONS.
"WINN DASHED AWAY WITH THE SPEED OF A DEER".

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_Frontispiece_ "WINN SECURED ONE END OF THE CABLE TO THAT PART OF THE BOOM RESTING AGAINST THE SNAG" "'WHY, THE RAFT HAS GONE!' EXCLAIMED ELTA" "'HOLD ON, YOUNG MAN! ONE AT A TIME IS ENOUGH'" "A BROAD STREAM OF WHEAT RUSHED OUT ON DECK" "'WATCH HIM, BIM!'" "'WHO'S THERE ?' CRIED THE OLD MAN" "BILLY BRACKETT UTTERED A CRY OF AMAZEMENT" WINN'S INTRODUCTION TO SABELLA BILLY BRACKETT IS A FRIEND IN NEED "THE MULE WAS PURCHASED THAT AFTERNOON" "WITH A PRODIGIOUS LEAP HE LANDED SQUARELY ON REWARD'S HEAD" "'THE RAFT HAS GONE, AND WE ARE AFTER IT'" THE RESCUE OF SABELLA "THE NEXT INSTANT HE SPRANG TO HIS FEET WITH A CRY" "THE STRONG ARMS LIFTED HIM AS THEY WOULD A CHILD" "LIKE YOUNG TIGERS THE BOYS TUGGED AT THE HEAVY SWEEPS" "'YO' CALLIN' DAT AR PLANTASHUN MOSS BACK ?' EXCLAIMED SOLON" "THE LANTERNS OF THE WORKING GANG GLANCING HERE AND THERE LIKE FIRE-FLIES" A REUNION OF "MATES" RAFT MATES..