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Article: Tugboat Annie's hot cargo. (short story)(part 2)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
- Article date:
- May 1, 1991
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"What trouble?" Already Annie was out of her bunk and grabbing her clothes.
"Bullwinkle hit something in the pass--probably a deadhead from a log spill. His propeller's jammed against the rudder, and him and the barge are driftin' down out of control!"
"Oh, brother!" Only half-dressed, Annie opened the door. "How'd ye find out?"
"I was still at the set trying to raise Port Chilkat when I caught his SOS. He's been calling the Coast Guard, Navy, shipping--anybody he can reach!"
"Can ye raise him on the radiophone? If not, keep tryin'! That barge is murder! He's got to cut it adrift! Make him see that Clem! He's too dumb to ...