Excerpt: ...where we'll run across some palmetto trees. That gives the real tropical flavor." "If there were only some monkeys frisking about in the feathery tops, it'd add a heap to it, in my opinion," remarked Nick. "Or a few coy mermaids," laughed Jack; "but then our friend here wouldn't find it quite so easy to climb to the top of a palmetto as to tumble overboard." "Let up on that, won't you, Jack? It's mean, rubbing it in so hard," complained the object of the roar that followed. In this way, then, the evening passed. ...
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Excerpt: ...where we'll run across some palmetto trees. That gives the real tropical flavor." "If there were only some monkeys frisking about in the feathery tops, it'd add a heap to it, in my opinion," remarked Nick. "Or a few coy mermaids," laughed Jack; "but then our friend here wouldn't find it quite so easy to climb to the top of a palmetto as to tumble overboard." "Let up on that, won't you, Jack? It's mean, rubbing it in so hard," complained the object of the roar that followed. In this way, then, the evening passed. As the mosquitoes began to get in their work later, the boys changed their minds, and concluded to sleep aboard, instead of on shore, as they had at first intended. With the morning, things began to happen again. Breakfast was eaten first, and then Jack, who had been assisting George examine his motor, discovered the cause of the unfortunate stop, so that the freakish engine was now apparently all right again. They crossed both the Machipongo Inlets without any accident, though it was evident that the skipper of the Wireless was more or less nervous, and kept hovering close to the other boats, with an eye on the ropes which they kept coiled in the stern. And Nick also crouched down in the body of the boat, gripping some substantial part of the framework, with the grim air of one who had determined not to be pitched out into the water again, come what would. Both heaved plain sighs of relief when the crossings were made without the least trouble. Cobb's Island now lay close by, and beyond were several more openings, where the sea connected with the shore waters. But these were small compared with those already navigated, and with a fair amount of caution they had no need to borrow trouble longer. "There's what we're aiming to reach by evening, fellows!" remarked Jack, about the middle of the afternoon. Following the direction in which his extended hand pointed, the others could see a lighthouse not a great way ahead, though it might take...
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