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All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake

CHAPTER IX
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We can get the point settled before Saturday." "I guess so." "All aboard!" The Zephyrs hastened on board, and in a few minutes were out of sight.
The Butterfly was hauled into her berth, everything was made "snug" and tidy, and the boys hastened to their several homes.

Of course it was not easy for them to drive out of their minds the exciting events of the day, and while all of them, except Tony, were sorry they had lost the race, they had much to console them.

They had won a victory over themselves; and the consciousness of this triumph compensated for their disappointment.

Each of them, adopting the sentiment of their heroic young leader, thought what a good fellow Frank Sedley was, and _tried_ to feel glad that he had won.
There was one of them, however, who did not think much about it after he separated from his companions.

Other considerations claimed his attention; and before he reached his humble home, the race was banished from his mind.


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