Paddling under Palmettos — page 16: what you’re looking at

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Paddling Under Palmettos. 13 “You've hit it exactly,” cried Archie, with some show of feeling, for he had already fallen in love with the dandy product of a Canton boatbuilder’s handiwork. ‘Well, we’ve an invitation from the gentlemanly members of the Florida Canoe Club to make their boathouse our rendezvous while here.” A “Then what’s to hinder getting the boats into the water and paddling down to the club?” “How’s the tide?” “On the ebb.” “Then it’s a go, 9 cried the others. They threw off their coats in a trice and set to work. Such activity promised well for the voyage, for determined fellows like these were bound to get along by hook or crook. In half an hour the three canoes were wedded to the waters of the St. Johns and all hatches had been stowed away. “Aboard with you and cast off,’ said Dick. They paddled out upon the river. “Hurrah! Isn’t this glorious after freezing in the North!” exclaimed Archie, enthusiastically. GEomichbooks (E(0)