The Moving Picture Boys And the Flood Or Perilous Days On the Mississippi
The Moving Picture Boys And the Flood Or Perilous Days On the Mississippi
Victor Appleton
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And, while the boys were taking moving pic- tures of the men at work digging the trench, to bring the river to the steamer, since the boat re- fused to go to the water, Mr. Ringold questioned the captain. " That's about how it happened, " the latter said, when the manager had asked about the ac- cident. " I tried a short cut, and we anchored for the night right about here. I s'posed I'd have water enough to go on in the morning, and may- be save about ten miles by this ' cut-off/ But, by George... ! When we tried to start in the morning we found the waters going down, and, before we knew it, we were high and dry. I don't know as we'll ever get afloat now. " Indeed it did look like a hopeless task, but the men were working hard to take advantage of the ' high water. Once the flood subsided the steamer might never be floated, until another period of unusually heavy rain set in. Well, I guess we've got enough of this, " re- 66 152 MOVING PICTURE BOYS AND THE FLOOD marked Blake, as he took the final scenes at the steamer.
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