StNicholas [serial] . ~T. ST. NICHOLAS Vol. XXXVII OCTOBER, 1910 No. 12 MAROONED ON SEAL HEAD BUOY (A Tale of Peril off the Coast of Maine) BY GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND Buck Trefethen was no coward, and few boysof seventeen could handle a sailing-rig better thanhe. But when he saw the squall come sweepingdown on him across the cold tumult of CascoBay, late that September afternoon, he realizedthat there was no fun in being five miles out tosea in Captain Bracketts old cat-boat; especiallysince he had borrowed the boat without the cap-tains consent, so that trouble from that sourcewas to be expected
StNicholas [serial] . ~T. ST. NICHOLAS Vol. XXXVII OCTOBER, 1910 No. 12 MAROONED ON SEAL HEAD BUOY (A Tale of Peril off the Coast of Maine) BY GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND Buck Trefethen was no coward, and few boysof seventeen could handle a sailing-rig better thanhe. But when he saw the squall come sweepingdown on him across the cold tumult of CascoBay, late that September afternoon, he realizedthat there was no fun in being five miles out tosea in Captain Bracketts old cat-boat; especiallysince he had borrowed the boat without the cap-tains consent, so that trouble from that sourcewas to be expected- Brackett, he knew, was nowout fishing in his motor-dory on Holdfast Shoal,still farther to seaward. Buck had counted onbeing able to return the boat before the captainshould come in; but things looked now as thoughthat might prove impossible. Suppose the captainshould espy him as he beat in homeward? Whatthen ? Buck shivered a little at the thought. Still worse, Buck suddenly realized that he hadthe safety of his compan
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