Paddling under Palmettos — page 95: what you’re looking at

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88 Paddling Under Palmettos. CHAPTER VIII. TWO GALLANT RED JACKETS STORMBOUND. The weather was now clear and warm and very en- joyable. When breakfast had been duly disposed of, it was found that there was a failing north zephyr, which they were anxious to take advantage of. Not long after starting they found themselves becalmed, and there was nothing to do but await the coming of a breeze. Dick had broken his patent Radix brass center- board in some way, and he was anxious to reach Eden in order to fix it. As the case now stood, his boat was almost help- less in a head sea and wind, as she could not eat her way into the teeth of the wind as ordinarily. So there now existed a delightful uncertainty as to the direction from whence the breeze would spring, for there was certainly wind in the sky. “Southeast!” grunted Dick, in disgust, as he pointed to a slight ripple on the otherwise smooth water in that quarter. Gomicbooks (E(0)