Aboard the Mavis : it is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise in the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in (1880)
Markham, Richard. · New York : Dodd, Mead, and Co. · leaf 95
hrown himself down onthe grass, and was rolling overand over in an ecstasy of de-light. You wicked boy ! shesaid. You told a story ! I did not, said Jack. I read a book on Long Island, themorning before I left New York ; and it said that it was esti-mated that two thousand tons of soil were washed… … CARRIE AND KATE. CAPTAIN JACKSON ESCORTS THEM ABOARD. 97 It had been decided that all were to go aboard The Mavis,and sail to the point. Should the sea be smooth, they mightperhaps go a little way out. They could, in any case, easilymake a landing at the light-house, and take dinner there. Mr.…
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