His Other Wife: A Novel — page 175: what you’re looking at

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A DUMB SCOUT. 167 following the left bank of the river seaward, he proceeded , along the shore for a few miles beyond the place to which "Mark had tracked the girl’s footsteps. _. Beds of marsh began to show in the widening stream as they neared the outlet, and, in passing one of these, Warren’s eye fastened on a dark object lying among the rushes. Causing the oarsman to pull the boat as near to it as possible, he discovered that it was a capsized boat, similar to the rude skiff that bore him. | ‘*Do you know who owns the boat that is generally fastened to that little landing that we passed first on our way? he asked of the negro. ‘* Ya-as, boss. One ole man wat b’longs to Colonel Hunter hab fishin’-boat in dat place. ’Tain’t dar now, fur I been look fur ’em w’en we pass de landin’,” ‘Would you know the boat by any peculiar mark or character in its shape?” ‘*Lord, ya-as, boss. Uncle Kelter (Cato) too partic’lar wid him boat not fur fix em so dar'll be no mistake ef any nigger try fur steal ’em. He hab one long slim fish wat his little massa carb wid his pocket-knife on de inside ob de top plank.” “ Here’s a dollar for you if you swim in to where that boat is caught in the marsh and turn it over. I’m curious to see if it answers your description of Uncle Kelter’s boat.” Dazzled by the prospect of the bright reward, Sambo’s 3 EComicbooks,. co