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"Let's land there," Madeline exclaimed suddenly "It looks like a jolly

place"

She pointed toward a stretch of beach caught between the are, and enshrined in a great wild

grape-vine that had cliled canopy

Dick turned sharply inward and ran their prow into the twittering sand

"Thou speakest and it is thy servant's place to obey," he said

"How does it feel to keep slaves? I've often wondered," Ellery said as

he jus and cushions

"Very comfy, thank you, and not at all un-Christian," she answered

saucily "Dick, don't throw the supper basket, under penalty of

liquidating the sandwiches I think there's a freezer of ice-cream under

the deck, if you'll pull it out Now, are you ready for uidance, took Ellery's

outstretched hands and sprang to the shore, where a kind of throne was

built for her against a prostrate log,--all this help not because it was

necessary, but as the appropriate po about hireat satisfaction, "that

this was a favorite picnic place for Gitche Manito and Hiawatha, in the

et," Madeline retorted "Surely you know

the real story, Dick"

"I don't," said Ellery "Tell it to s