sput-sput-sput-t-t

Updated: May 17, 2025

I could hear the engine of the boat going fast sput-sput-sput-t-t! I could only hope it would keep all right. All gas engines is sinful. She had been the only one out on the lake right then, it being so rough; but along about now, down toward town, a half mile or so off, I seen another boat coming, lifting up high on top of the waves, then going out of sight in the hollow for quite a while.

Emerson Hough - The Man Next Door