But, Henry, our gall-yun is the biggest find we ever made in our lives.

I never dreamed o' travelin' in sech style an' comfort down the Mississippi." "Do you think it's going to grow lighter ?" asked Henry.
"No," replied Sol decidedly.

"It's been a shy kind o' moon to-night, an' it's a gittin' so much shyer that it's plumb afraid to show its face.

In three minutes it will hide behind a big cloud that's edgin' up over thar, an' we won't see it no more to-night." "Then we'll pull down to the edge of the woods and see if the Spaniards have given up the chase." "An' be keerful not to run into any snags or sech like.

We don't want to wreck a magnificent gall-yun like this when we've got her." They had been lying in the flooded forest about two hours, and now they pulled very cautiously toward the main stream.