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Updated: May 16, 2025
The first part of the morning was spent in fashioning sea sleds from the planks the boys had gathered. This was simple enough, but it took a little time. First the planks were cut to proper length, then two of them were nailed together. A bridle was arranged so that they could be towed, and spare weight belts and weights were used to counteract their bouyancy.
If ever the fortitude of man was tried, mine was then. If ever stoic philosophy might be successfully called to the aid of human courage, I felt the necessity of invoking it upon that occasion. Nearly two years of toil, privation and peril, have been wasted. My sufferings had been great, though my spirit soared on the bouyancy of hope.
"Hope you enjoy your visit," she said, and added rather maliciously, "I am entirely engrossed in my work this week." He stared at her with a face as frankly dejected as that of a hurt boy; then, his ever-present bouyancy reasserting itself, queried, "That's good. By the way, do you ever use models?" "Of course," she replied. "Well, I've got nothing to do this week," he replied enthusiastically.
"Flukey ain't so awful sick, be he?" she questioned fearfully. Ann passed an arm tenderly around her. "Yes, child, he is very ill. My brother and I want to speak to you about him." "But he ain't goin' dead?" Her tone brought Horace nearer. In spite of Flea's somberness, the bouyancy of her youth obliterated the memory of every other girl he knew.
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