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And

that

was

their

gratitude

to

me

for

having

brought

them

and

their

wretched

old

boat

all

the

way

up

from

Kingston

,

and

for

having

superintended

and

managed

everything

for

them

,

and

taken

care

of

them

,

and

slaved

for

them

.

It

is

the

way

of

the

world

.

We

settled

the

present

difficulty

by

arranging

that

Harris

and

George

should

scull

up

past

Reading

,

and

that

I

should

tow

the

boat

on

from

there

.

Pulling

a

heavy

boat

against

a

strong

stream

has

few

attractions

for

me

now

.

There

was

a

time

,

long

ago

,

when

I

used

to

clamour

for

the

hard

work

:

now

I

like

to

give

the

youngsters

a

chance

.

I

notice

that

most

of

the

old

river

hands

are

similarly

retiring

,

whenever

there

is

any

stiff

pulling

to

be

done

.

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You

can

always

tell

the

old

river

hand

by

the

way

in

which

he

stretches

himself

out

upon

the

cushions

at

the

bottom

of

the

boat

,

and

encourages

the

rowers

by

telling

them

anecdotes

about

the

marvellous

feats

he

performed

last

season

.

"

Call

what

you

're

doing

hard

work

!

"

he

drawls

,

between

his

contented

whiffs

,

addressing

the

two

perspiring

novices

,

who

have

been

grinding

away

steadily

up

stream

for

the

last

hour

and

a

half

;

"

why

,

Jim

Biffles

and

Jack

and

I

,

last

season

,

pulled

up

from

Marlow

to

Goring

in

one

afternoon

--

never

stopped

once

.

Do

you

remember

that

,

Jack

?

"

Jack

,

who

has

made

himself

a

bed

up

in

the

prow

of

all

the

rugs

and

coats

he

can

collect

,

and

who

has

been

lying

there

asleep

for

the

last

two

hours

,

partially

wakes

up

on

being

thus

appealed

to

,

and

recollects

all

about

the

matter

,

and

also

remembers

that

there

was

an

unusually

strong

stream

against

them

all

the

way

--

likewise

a

stiff

wind

.

"

About

thirty-four

miles

,

I

suppose

,

it

must

have

been

,

"

adds

the

first

speaker

,

reaching

down

another

cushion

to

put

under

his

head

.

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"

No

--

no

;

do

n't

exaggerate

,

Tom

,

"

murmurs

Jack

,

reprovingly

;

"

thirty-three

at

the

outside

.

"

And

Jack

and

Tom

,

quite

exhausted

by

this

conversational

effort

,

drop

off

to

sleep

once

more

.

And

the

two

simple-minded

youngsters

at

the

sculls

feel

quite

proud

of

being

allowed

to

row

such

wonderful

oarsmen

as

Jack

and

Tom

,

and

strain

away

harder

than

ever

.

When

I

was

a

young

man

,

I

used

to

listen

to

these

tales

from

my

elders

,

and

take

them

in

,

and

swallow

them

,

and

digest

every

word

of

them

,

and

then

come

up

for

more

;

but

the

new

generation

do

not

seem

to

have

the

simple

faith

of

the

old

times

.

We

--

George

,

Harris

,

and

myself

--

took

a

"

raw

'

un

"

up

with

us

once

last

season

,

and

we

plied

him

with

the

customary

stretchers

about

the

wonderful

things

we

had

done

all

the

way

up

.

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