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Captains Courageous

CHAPTER III
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He don't trawl 'less there's mighty good reason fer it.

Dad knows.

Thet's why he's baitin' ez he is.

We'll hev her saggin' full when we take her up er we won't see a fin." Penn and Uncle Salters cleaned up as Disko had ordained, but the boys profited little.

No sooner were the tubs furnished than Tom Platt and Long Jack, who had been exploring the inside of a dory with a lantern, snatched them away, loaded up the tubs and some small, painted trawl-buoys, and hove the boat overboard into what Harvey regarded as an exceedingly rough sea.


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