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Jimmy and his friend shared this i haul down our burgee, and the deck boy, Willy, in

his hurried work about the boat Williams, I could not see But

Peterson was now calm and much in his element, for a better skipper

than he never sailed a craft on the Great Lakes

"I think she's going to blow great guns," said he, "and like enough

the other engine'll pop anyto the wheel "In which case we go to Davy

Jones about when, Peterson?"

"We don't go!" he rejoined "She's the grandest little ship afloat,

and not a thing's the matter with her"

"Can wekey below the Côte

Blanche Bayou?"

"Sure we can You'd better get the covers off the boats, and see the

bottos in and some water and supplies shipped aboard--but

there's not the slightest danger in the world for this boat, let me

tell you that, sir I've seen her perform before now, and there's not

a storh"