[ "THE NEXT INSTANT HE SPRANG TO HIS FEET WITH A CRY" ]

[ "THE STRONG ARMS LIFTED HIM AS THEY WOULD A CHILD" ]

[ "LIKE YOUNG TIGERS THE BOYS TUGGED AT THE HEAVY SWEEPS" ]

[ "'YO' CALLIN' DAT AR PLANTASHUN MOSS BACK?' EXCLAIMED
SOLON" (missing from book) ]

[ "THE LANTERNS OF THE WORKING GANG GLANCING HERE
AND THERE LIKE FIRE-FLIES" ]

[ A REUNION OF "MATES" ]

RAFT MATES.

CHAPTER I.

THE RAFT.