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Pee-Wee Harris Adrift

CHAPTER XV
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LIFE ON THE UNKNOWN SHORE Seldom has there been a surrender so complete and unconditional.

There were no banners to celebrate the triumph (for which Pee-wee took all the credit) but as old Trimmer started up the river Pee-wee turned the sign so that the word GO faced the departing voyager like a commanding finger to order the vanquished from his victorious presence.
"Do you think he had some treasure in the scow ?" Pee-wee asked.

"Maybe if we dig we'll find some gold nuggets." "Let's try some of those cocoanut nuggets," said Townsend.
"Didn't I know how to handle him ?" said Pee-wee.

"Now the island is ours, isn't it ?" "I think before we have supper," said Townsend, "we'll write a line to the dredging people.

What do you say ?" "We'll write it on bark from the tree on account of our being wild and uncivilized," said Pee-wee.


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