The River's Children: An Idyl of the Mississippi

by Ruth McEnery Stuart

[Upon the brow of the levee]

[Gangs of men, reinforcing suspicious danger points with pickax and spade]

[Sipped iced orange syrup or claret sangaree]

[The brave, unthinking fellow, after embracing his beloved, dashed to the front]

[Her arms were about his knees]

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THE RIVER'S CHILDREN

AN IDYL OF THE MISSISSIPPI

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PART FIRST