Paddling under Palmettos — page 126: what you’re looking at

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Paddling Under Palmettos. — 119 action, for many a time the loss of a second means a disastrous upset. Nothing of the kind, however, occurred to our ad- venturous voyagers. Eden was sighted in the distance, the usual pier, a thousand feet long, just being built, some boats at anchor, and a white house back of the smaller dock —the post office and old store belonging to Captain Richards. As they drew nearer, all doubt was expelled from Archie’s mind by a large sign bearing the name Eden. Talk of shipwrecked mariners feeling joy at sight of a vessel, or lost travelers in the desert finding a spring of bubbling water in a green oasis under the palms! it compared well with the grateful feeling that came upon our young friends when they reached the object of their long-deferred hopes. Ned awaited them on the pier and had a hearty hand-shake for each. He had been getting a little worried about them, and yet, knowing the weather so well, could guess how they were stormbound. Archie went at once for letters and was fortunate Gomicbooks (E(0) m