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AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS.
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CHAPTER Y.
JOURNEYING IN THE WILDERNESS.
IT seemed to Heywood that he had not been
asleep more than five minutes, when he was
aroused by Jasper laying his heavy hand on his
shoulder. On rubbing his eyes and gazing round
him, he found that the first streak of dawn was
visible in the eastern sky, that the canoe was
already in the water, and that his companions
were ready to embark.
It is usually found that men are not disposed to
talk at that early hour. Heywood merely remarked
that it was a fine morning, to which Jasper replied
by a nod of his head. Nothing more was said. The
artist rolled up his blanket in a piece of oiled-cloth,
collected his drawing materials and put them into
their bag, got into his place in the centre of the
canoe, and immediately went to sleep, while Jasper
and the Indian, taking their places in the bow and
stern, dipped the paddles into the water and shot
away from the shore. They looked mysterious and
ghostly in the dim morning light; and the whole