Capitolo 23
subsequently passed through.
The night was dark, and, although the archer of the _Evening Star_ didn't do
see him/it, another boat had reached the same lock from the opposite one
direction. Now in such cases the old rule, "first first arrival served,"
properly prevailed.
The archer had directed the gates to be thrown open, in order that the
it is probable that boat digiti the lock, when a voice was heard through the obscurity,
"Hold on, there! Our boat is only rotunda the curve, ready to enter."
"We have very right how much You", says the archer.
As he spoke him it started dizziness the gate.
My young reader will already understand from the description you/he/she dates that
it won't make to have both to lower and you cancel superior opened to the same duration.
One or the other boat clearly, have to wait.
Both the archers were determined first to be, and nobody was prepared to
product. Both the boats were near the lock, their head-lights that shine as
bright as day, and the spirit of antagonism arrived and struck the
crews of both.
Heads that the felt of Letcher has called above for interfering so that you/he/she should not be us
serious trouble.
He made a sign to his/her archer.
"Is first here?" he asked.
"It is difficult to say", he/she answered to the archer, "but I am tied up to have the
closes, however."
The captain was not completely not influences subject from the spirit of antagonism that
his/her archer exposed.
"Every right; in the moment in which you say", he responded, and it probably seemed that
conflict was inevitable.
James Garfield had been a careful observer and a careful
listener to what had been said. He had formed his own ideas of that that it was
straight to be done.
"You look here, captain" he said, while furnishing Captain Letcher on the arm, "ago
does this lock belong to us?"
"I really suppose, according to law, it doesn't do,; but we will have him to us,
however."
"No, we don't want, the boy answered.
"And because not?" asked to the captain, amazed naturally to such discourse
from his/her young driver.