[Wakulla by Kirk Munroe]@TWC D-Link bookWakulla CHAPTER II 3/6
Slipping down from his berth, and quietly dressing himself, so as not to disturb his father, he hurried on deck, where he was greeted by "Captain Li," who told him he had come just in time to see something interesting. The Nancy Bell was in tow of a little puffing steam-tug, and was already some miles from Bangor down the Penobscot River.
The clouds of steam rising into the cold air from the surface of the warmer water were tinged with gold by the newly-risen sun.
A heavy frost rested on the spruces and balsams that fringed the banks of the river, and as the sunlight struck one twig after another, it covered them with millions of points like diamonds.
Many cakes of ice were floating in the river, showing that its navigation would soon be closed for the winter. To one of these cakes of ice, towards which a boat from the schooner was making its way, the captain directed Mark's attention.
On this cake, which was about as large as a dinner-table, stood a man anxiously watching the approach of the boat. "What I can't understand," said the captain, "is where he ever found a cake of ice at this time of year strong enough to bear him up." "Who is he? How did he get there, and what is he doing ?" asked Mark, greatly excited. "Who he is, and how he got there, are more than I know," answered "Captain Li." "What he is doing, is waiting to be taken off.
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