Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 106
. Half-way there we were met by Dave and Bob. She s gone ! gasped both of them together. Who s gone? I asked. The boat; she s not anywhere in sight.The painter must have slipped from the rock.The wind s blowing the water high up on shore,and she s been floated off and driven down thelake! The five… … the best thing to do is to make ourselves ascomfortable as possible and find how we standin the way of provisions. After an instant we started back to camp,seeing the wisdom of what he said. Day was just beginning to break; at leastthe east had begun to lighten. But the grayclouds which scudded…
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