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RaftingDowntheNeckar
马克·吐温MarkT>
&helahatIaswereartists，ourpartyroseperceptiblyieem；werosestillhigherwhehatedestriantourofEurope.
&oldusallabouttheHeidelbergroad，andwhichwerethebestplacestoavoidandwhichthebestoarryat；hechargedmelessthancostforthethingsIbrokei；heputupaf？inelunforusaaquantityht-greenplums，thepleasainGermany；hewassoanxioustodoushonorthathewouldnotallowustowalkoutofHeilbronn，butcalledupGotzVen’shorseanddmadeusride.
Imadeasketchoftheturnout.ItisnotaWork.Itisonlywhatartistscalla“study”
—athingtomakeaf？iurefroThissketchhasseveralblemishesinit；forihewagonisnasfastasthehorseis.Thisisersetoutofthewayistoosmall.Heisoutofperspective，aswesay.Thetwoupperlihehorse’sback，theyarethereiobeawheelmissing—thiswouldbecorreaf？inishedwork，ofcourse.Thatthingf？lyingoutbehindisnotaf？lag，itisa.Thatupthereisthesun，butIdidenoughdista.Idonotremember，now，whatthatthingisthatisinfrontofthemanwh，butIthinkitisahaystaan.ThisstudywasexhibitedintheParisSalonof1879，butdidnottakeaheydonotgivemedalsforstudies.
Wedischargedthecarriageatthebridge.Theriverwasfulloflogs—long，slender，barklesspinelogs—aherailse，ahemeherintorafts.Theseraftseandstrutosuittheessaremeheheywerefromf？iftytoonehundredyardslong，andtheygraduallytaperedfromaniheirsterns，tbreadthattheirbow-ends.Themainpartofthesteeriheboole；thethree-logbreadththerefurnishesroomforoeersmalelogsareneraroundthatanaverageyounglady’swaist.Thesoftheseveralsesoftheraftaresladpliant，sothattheraftmaybereadilybentintoanysortofcurverequiredbytheshapeoftheriver.
TheNemanyplaarroersacrossit，ifhehasoisalsosharplysuchplaces，theraftsmanhastodosomeprettyniugpilotiurns.Theriverisnotalwaysallowedtospreadoveritswholebed—whichisasmuchasthirty，aimesfortyyardswide—butissplitintothreeequalbodiesofwater，bystohrowthemaih，ahee.Ihesenarrow-edgeddikesprojectfourorf？iveihesurface，liketheergedroof，butinhighwatertheyareoverf？lowed.AhatfulofrainmakeshighwaterintheNedabasketfulproduoverf？low.
TherearedikesabreasttheSchlossHotel，aisviolentlysoiflasscage，watgthelong，narroalhthetralel，grazi-bankdikeandaimingcarefullyforthemiddlearchofthestebelow；Iwatchedtheminthisway，andlostallthistimehopihemhitthebridge-pieraselfsometimeorother，butointed.Onewassmashedthere，butIhadjuststeppedintomyroomamomenttolightapipe，soIlostit.
WhileIwaslookingdowhatminHeilbronn，thedaredevilspiritofadventurecamesuddenlyuponme，andIsaidtomyrades：
“IamgoingtoHeidelbergonaraft.Willyouvehme？”
Theirfacespaledalittle，buttheyassehasgoodagraceastheycould.Harriswaocablehismhtithisdutytodothat，ashewasallshehadinthisworld—so，whileheattehis，Iwentdowaahewithahearty“Ahoy，shipmate！”
whichputusupoermsatondweentereduponbusiness.IsaidweedestriantourtoHeidelberg，andwouldliketotakepassagewithhiIsaidthispartlythroughyoungZ，whospokeGermanveryartlythroughMr.Xwhospokeitpeculiarly.IderstandGermahemaniaveItalkitbestthroughaer.
&ainhitcheduphistrousers，thenshiftedhisquidthoughtfully.Presentlyhesaidjusteghewouldsay—thathehaders，andthereforewasafraidthelawwouldbeafterhimiergotorahappened.SoIcharteredtheraftaookalltheresponsibilitiesonmyself.
Witharattlingsoarboardwatttotheirworkahecableshottheane，andourbarkmovedoffwithastatelystride，andsoonwasbowlingalongatabouttwoknotsanhour.
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