In less than three hours from the time the snag had struck, the injured barge was again lashed to the fleet and on her way down the Ohio.

Paul was the hero of the hour.

The Captain of the "Red Lion" solemnly transferred him from his damp and grimy quarters on the head to the comfortable cabin and pilot house.

He confessed to the kind Captain that he had run away from home and how anxious he was about his mother.

That day the Captain wrote a glowing letter to Mrs.Boyton and posted it at Paducah, Kentucky.