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He brooded awhile on the greed of man, as exemplified by the pirates of Brookport. "The very same bacon!" he said. "How far is Patchogue?" asked Jill, feeling that some comment was required of her. "Four miles," said Mr Mariner. They passed through the village, bearing to the right, and found themselves in a road bordered by large gardens in which stood big, dark houses.
This was the Atlantic pounding the sandy shore of Fire Island. Brookport itself lay inside, on the lagoon called the Great South Bay. "This is Brookport," said Mr Mariner. "That's Haydock's grocery store there by the post-office. He charges sixty cents a pound for bacon, and I can get the same bacon by walking into Patchogue for fifty-seven!"
As he told me afterward, it is doubtful whether the result would have been different in any event. In throwing forward his forces, General Wood used the three lines of railroad that cross Long Island from west to east; and on May 17 his battleline reached from Patchogue through Holtsville to Port Jefferson.
He was studying electrical engineering." "Maybe it was catchin', at that," says I. "Where was all this?" "At the Co-ed," says Ruby. "But then I'd known Nelson before. He's from Naukeesha too." "Come again," says I. "From what?" "Naukeesha," repeats Ruby, just as if it was some common name like Patchogue or Hoboken. "Is that an island somewhere," says I, "or just a mixed drink?"
" 9 Penn Yan, N. Y. " 25 Doylestown, Pa. " 10 Athens, N. Y. " 26 Ph<oe>nixville, Pa. " 11 Owego, N. Y. " 27 Kennett, Pa. " 12 Patchogue, LI.,N.Y. " 28 Oxford, Pa. " 13 Port Jervis, N. Y. " 29 *Oxford, Pa. * Preach on Sunday.
The cement of the state road which led to Patchogue, Babylon, and other important centres ceased to be a pale blur and became invisible. Lights appeared in the windows of the houses across the meadows. From the direction of the kennels there came a single sleepy bark, and the small white woolly dog which had scampered out at Sally's heels stopped short and uttered a challenging squeak.
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