The things we do!

"I
think I can see her stack now. She must be tied up close. We can
slip in on this side, make a landing and get aboard her before she
can stop us, if we're careful. Keep perfectly quiet. Follow us,
boys. Come on, Clayton."
Silently they all cast loose and, each boat taking its own time,
crossed the narrow channel, heading upstream, so as to make the
landing as nearly opposite the steamer as possible. They crawled
out through the mud, and hauled up their boats to safe places along
shore. Then, each man looking to his own weapons, they came
together under the cover of the willows. Dunwody again addressed
them.
"We must slip across there, seventy or eighty yards or so, and get
under the side of her before they know we're here," he said in low
tones. "Let no one fire a shot until I order it. If there's going
to be any shooting, be sure and let them begin it. When we get
across and leave cover, you'd better spread out a little. Keep
down low, and don't shoot unless you have to.


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