Paddling under Palmettos — page 189: what you’re looking at

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182 Paddling Under Palmettos. CHAPTER XV. BEACHING THE SEA WAIF THROUGH THE SURF. The wind was strong. It came from the north- west, and being very favorable, once they had crossed the bar and were out upon the open sea, bowled them along at a merry rate. At times the canoes rolled somewhat, but on the whole they made remarkable time, and were soon putting miles behind them. Noon came. It found the little fleet still flying down the coast. Archie was near his friend Dick, but they only called out a few words now and then. Would the wind hold out long enough to take them to the Hillsboro’? This was a question of the greatest importance, since it was to be by all odds the longest run they would have outside, being some forty miles, a dis- tance they had never yet made in a day. As the hours passed on, however, they began to believe that after all they were destined to be fa- Gomicbooks (E(0)