Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 213
to- on the gunwale, waiting for Crab to recover fromhis strong emotion. Withdrawing his thoughts from the sad subjectof his sisters fate, he now began to examine care-fully the boat in which they were sitting. It was fully twenty feet long by six in width, witha depthof two feet. The planks were… … jack and crab drew themselves over the downward, and that every minute was taking themfurther from poor Dollie, who could only pray andhope and wait. I thought at first that the boat was a greatprize, said Jack, rousing himself, but it hasproven anything but that. Dat s so. added Crab, whose regret…
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