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"We're here," stated the old skipper, "and it looks like soot here ahead of us, ready to stick in their little

bills when they get a chance"

It was a clear night, brilliant with stars In contrast with the

twinkling and pure lights of the heavens, there were dihts on the surface of the ocean These lights rocked

and oscillated and tossed as the giant surges swept past

"I s," said

Captain Candage "But get your eye on the main squeeze!"

Mayo looked in the direction of the extended , hey?" cohost ship, loomed the wrecked

Conoealed until she seemed

like a mass of ice that had been ure, under the starry heavens

A single red light, a baleful blob of color, showed fro

They surveyed her for some tie's opinion "It's

high tide now, and a spring tide at that, and the a move to start her We can tell "

Then the two captains turned in, for the Ethel and May lay to docilely

with a single hel did not reveal anything especially new or