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Maurice scratched his head in perplexity. "Wonder where he's takin' Dad? It's too late fer sheep-shearin' an' too early fer hog-killin'; an' that's 'bout all Dad's good at doin', 'cept leadin' the singin' at prayer-meetin'. Wonder what's up? Gee! the deacon is sure puttin' his old mare over the road." "No, sir. A man came down from the cliffs," answered Captain Weaver, "and I asked him that question, and he said she'd rounded the coast to the west'ard." "Thanks," he whispered. Then, hospitality his first thought, he motioned towards a chair. Hinter sat down..
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"She has made no meal, then?"I tried logging in using my phone number and I
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"No, sir," responded Captain Acton, with his eye at his glass. "Line of battle-ships, and three smaller vessels," for by this time the distant fleet by combination of its own and the passage of the Aurora through the water had lifted above the horizon to the topsails of the hindmost, the courses of the van swelling and falling plain in the lenses as the structures bowed upon the large, wide, steel-coloured swell tinctured by the day-spring.
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Mrs. Keeler lifted the basket which Maurice had placed on the floor at his feet. "What's the matter with you?" she asked, giving him a shake. CHAPTER XIV OLD HARRY TURNS A TRICK "I say no, Tom," the other returned, surlily. "It won't be safe there. Somebody'll be sure to find it." "He's tryin' to coax me away from his treasure," Billy answered. "Now, jest watch him.".
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