| hands make light work, and as the entire half dozen boys busied themselves like a pack of beavers, before long they had accumulated such a pile of good dry fuel as pleased Giraffe exceedingly. That s what I call a hunky dory lot of wood, he finally declared, when Thad had announced the they must surely have enough to see them through the night, but better bring in a little more, boys, because you don t know how fast the fire eats it up. As for himself, Giraffe was now ready to get his cheery blaze started. He actually wasted a match in doing this, muttering at the time that there was no use bothering with his fire sticks, out later on, patched up, and their interrupted cruise continued. Stuck fast, Thad; she s on bottom, and no use straining to try and get her another inch toward the shore announced Allan, presently; and all of them realized that he spoke the absolute truth when he said this. Well, remarked Bumpus, complacently, we are on the wreck of our noble ship, and close enough to shore to salvage all our possessions; which I consider the greatest of good luck. Who ll carry me on his shoulders, now? Strange to say, nobody offered to undertake this task, where Bumpus pretended to feel very much hurt, though in reality quite merry. I | | | | | | | |
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