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Perhaps the splash made by Ned's drop into the wasteway had wakened him without arousing his supicions.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

In response to a whispered command from Hocker the man jumped into the boat and pulled hastily across the wasteway.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

They searched the wasteway just as Jeffries and Hocker landed from the boat, pushing Moxley before them, and followed by Bug.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

At the sluiceway he found a well trodden footpath, and followed it along the rear side of the mill, and thence by the base of the hill to a wagon road which began abruptly at the edge of the wasteway, where there was no doubt a fording to the opposite neck of land.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

Ned drew him down the wasteway to a little clump of bushes, out of earshot of the others.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

He went clear under, but came to the surface quickly, and swam with vigorous strokes down the wasteway.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

Thus laden down he tottered across the floor in imminent fear of dropping through to the wasteway, and overwhelmed at times by the suffocating smoke and fiery sparks.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

Underneath was the wasteway, but its usual roar was now subdued by an influx of water from the flooded creek.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

He crept down the shore of the creek, and crossed the slope to the wasteway.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905

Keep him talking as long as you can, and meanwhile me and this lad will slip up the wasteway in the boat and try to get the lads free.

Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters William Murray Graydon 1905