Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 577
o receive them at home. 546 THE LITTLE RED CANAL-BOAT. [June, This was done several times, but at last there wasan accident. Wills schooner, the America, fromsome unknown cause, took a wrong tack when nearthe middle of the pool, and going too far up, gotaground upon a tiny, grassy island. She… … THE BOYS WITH THEIR BOATS. about for a minute, and the boys hoped she wouldfloat off, but soon the masts ceased to quiver. TheAmerica had quietly moored herself on theisland as if she intended to remain there forever.What was to be done ? The longest pole to befound would not reach the island from…
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