Paddling under Palmettos — page 132: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

“iti Paddling Under Palmettos. 125 Besides, the captain always had a fund of reminis- cences at his tongue’s end, and when, of necessity, he was the hero of his tale he spoke of his achieve- ments in a modest way, as though it were an every- day occurrence to pass through the worst gale known on the lakes, and attempt to demolish a lighthouse with a vessel during that same storm by | running his bowsprit though the building. Archie liked to hear him talk, and in their rela- tions in the future these two became fast friends. He found that they had been talking the matter over before his arrival, and had, to all appearances, come to a conclusion concerning a departure. “Can you be ready to start in the morning, Archie, if the wind shifts to-night?’ asked Dick. “Yes. Where away?” “Jupiter Light. Then either Lake Worth or the Everglades,” came the answer. GEomichboo cS ((0)