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I wondered at the test of my endurance then. I know now it was to prepare me for Thaine's time of service for his country." "I done remember, all right, 'bout that time in ol' Virginia, an' the day I taken you the letteh up in the little glen behind the ol' mansion house whah hit wah so cool and the watah's so cleah. Misteh Horace wah home that day, too.
"Dere comes a flash ob light, Ober de cole dark wabes; Dere come de angels' flight See shinin' bans dat sabe, From de watah's foam, de dark flood tide, Fer de Lawd hab seen from de oder side. "Heah music swellin gran'; Yes, songs of welcome ring, White wings de riber span De little chile to bring. Den let ole Jordan roar, de dark flood tide; We'se borne across to de oder side."
"Why?" "The watah's up!" His eyes were upon the water-filled darkness of the garden. "But that's all right," the other assured him. "Sam says that it won't reach the top of the levee. At the worst, only the lower part of the garden will be flooded." Jeems glanced at Val over his shoulder and then without a word he edged toward the side of the bed and tried to stand.
A death-like hush held the occupants of the car. "De hangin' bridge is sho' gone," repeated the panting porter, "an' de engine, wi' McNally in de cab's crouchin' on de bank, like a black cat on a well-cu'b. De watah's roahin' in de deep gorge, and if she drap she gwine drag " The doctor clapped his hand over the frightened darky's mouth, and the detective butted him out to the smoking-room.
White foam was boiling in among the dirty welter, and the Puncher's bow pitched suddenly as the first big bar wave lifted her; a second later her propellers chug-chug-chugged in surface spume as she kicked upward like a porpoise diving. "Oh, lordy, lordy, lordy!" groaned the pilot. "This he-ah watah's full of sharks, an' that's the bar! You're on the bar now, Captain, sah!" "By the mark three!"
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