. Pee-Wee Harris adrift . des. It is hard to say what might havehappened if Townsend Ripley had not turnedthe sign so that it said STOP just as Pee-weeconsumed the last mouthful. Isstrucsmlikewood, ejaculated Pee-wee, con-suming the last mouthful. Issoundlkbo—boards! Billy was quick to raise the bar of the trafficsign and plunge it down again. It was certainlyno tentacle of root that the probing bar struck,but something hard, yet ever so slightly yielding,something which gave forth a hollow sound. It was easy to explore America after Columbushad shown the way and it was a simple matternow for
. Pee-Wee Harris adrift . des. It is hard to say what might havehappened if Townsend Ripley had not turnedthe sign so that it said STOP just as Pee-weeconsumed the last mouthful. Isstrucsmlikewood, ejaculated Pee-wee, con-suming the last mouthful. Issoundlkbo—boards! Billy was quick to raise the bar of the trafficsign and plunge it down again. It was certainlyno tentacle of root that the probing bar struck,but something hard, yet ever so slightly yielding,something which gave forth a hollow sound. It was easy to explore America after Columbushad shown the way and it was a simple matternow for Townsend, with the little shovel, to diga hole three or four feet deep about the trafficsign. The boys all kneeled about, peering in asif buried treasure were there, until an area ofmuddy wood was revealed. Roly Poly knockedit with a rock and the noise convinced them thatthe wood was of considerable area and thatprobably nothing was beneath it. Well — what—do — you—know—about—that? Billy asked THE BOYS HOLD THE ISLAND IN SPITE OF OLD TRIMMERS Harris Adrift. Page 86 IUF :-:r*PUBLIC T AflTOI, LtNOITlLt>lN f*UNDA• L STOP 83 Jab it down somewhere else, said Brownie. Pee-wee moved the metal rod a yard or sodistant and plunged it in the ground again. Therewas the same hollow sound. For a moment theyall sat spellbound, mystified. Then, as if seizedby a sudden thought, Brownie hurried to theedge of the little island, exploring with his lifted up some grassy soil that drooped andhung in the water, and tore it away. As he didso there was revealed a ridge of heavy woodover which it had hung. By the same processhe exposed a yard or two of this black mud-covered edge. Wdl—Ill—be—jiffgered! said Billy. Its a scow or something! said Brownie, al-most too astonished to speak. The island seems to overlap it sort of likea pie-crust/ drawled Townsend. The scow is the undercrust! shouted Pee-wee,delighted with this comparison to his
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