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eludehispursuers.Thatwasthemomentwhenheseizedthe
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significanceofallthesefortunatecircumstanceswhichhadaidedhim.
Withouthasteandwithoutsoundhebegantocrawlinthedirectionof
theriver.Itwasnotfarandhereachedthebankbeforedarknesssetin.
Thereweremenuponthebluffcarryingwoodtobuildabonfire.Fora
momenthehalfyieldedtoatemptationtotrytoslipalongtheriver-
shorecloseinunderthewillows.Butwhenheraisedhimselftopeerout
hesawthatanattemptofthiskindwouldbeliabletofailure.Atthe
samemomenthesawarough-hewnplanklyingbeneathhimlodged
againstsomewillows.Theendoftheplankextendedinalmosttoapoint
beneathhim.Quickasaflashhesawwhereadesperatechanceinvited
him. Then he tied his gun in an oilskin bag and put it in his pocket.
Thebankwassteepandcrumbly.Hemustnotbreakoffanyearthto
splashintothewater.Therewasawillowgrowingbacksomefewfeet
fromtheedgeofthebank.Cautiouslyhepulleditdownbentitoverthe
watersothatwhenhereleasedittherewouldbenospringingback.
Thenhetrustedhisweighttoitwithhisfeetslidingcarefullydownthe
bank.Hewentintothewateralmostuptohiskneesfeltthequicksand
griphisfeet;thenleaningforwardtillhereachedtheplankhepulledit
toward him and lay upon it.
Withoutasoundoneendwentslowlyunderwaterandthefartherend
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