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were not fresh, but he had been there 
at least two or three times during the 
past ten days. Now, I figure that he 
sneaks out of the thick brush on this 
side and swims over there to drink 
from the island, or the bar, as it is 
better named. He can see from there 
in every direction for a long ways, and 
he may even swim over there after 
dark. But if he has been there recent- 
ly, he may take another drink there 
within, say a week’s time, and so for 
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me, every afternoon from late in the 
day until dark, I watch that bar, me.” 
“Where will you stand, Doc?” 
Hornaday eagerly inquired. 
“Recollect that sycamore stump that 
hangs over the current about ninety 
yards above the bar?” 
“It’s a cottonwood, Doc,” remarked 
Johnny Willis. 
“You’re right,” answered Amory. 
“Do you boys any of you remember 
it?’ Several of us had seen this huge 
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