STEAMERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI. 113 
Hereupon the five hundred horse-power s7 the cap- 
tain’s feelings, and the rudder and the safety-ralves of his 
well-regulated mind, became surcharged with wrath, and 
he vented out abuse on the wood-yard and its owner, 
which was expressed in “thoughts that breathe and 
words that burn.” , 
A. distant large boat, breasting the current like a 
thing of life, at this moment coming in sight, gave us 
a hint, and rushing ashore amid the “ wrath,” we bid 
the “ Emperor” and its enraged captain a hearty good- 
bye, and in a few moments more we dwindled into insig- 

nificance on board of the magnificent , the pride 
and wonder of the Western waters. 
