. St. Nicholas [serial] . and Bob hadbuttoned up their coats, and, with their hatspulled down over their ears, left the tent to lookafter the boat. The rest of us straightened upthe tent meaning to provide dry wood for a fire. We had hardly commenced to roll up the Sgs-l OUR TINY FLEET. 621 blankets, however, when we heard a cry fromthe direction of the little cove in which we hadleft the boat. Tumbling over one another in our haste tofind out what was the matter, we scrambled outof the tent and raced toward this place. Half-way there we were met by Dave and Bob. She s gone ! gasped both of th
. St. Nicholas [serial] . and Bob hadbuttoned up their coats, and, with their hatspulled down over their ears, left the tent to lookafter the boat. The rest of us straightened upthe tent meaning to provide dry wood for a fire. We had hardly commenced to roll up the Sgs-l OUR TINY FLEET. 621 blankets, however, when we heard a cry fromthe direction of the little cove in which we hadleft the boat. Tumbling over one another in our haste tofind out what was the matter, we scrambled outof the tent and raced toward this place. Half-way there we were met by Dave and Bob. She s gone ! gasped both of them together. Who s gone? I asked. The boat; she s not anywhere in painter must have slipped from the wind s blowing the water high up on shore,and she s been floated off and driven down thelake! The five of us stood looking at one anotherin consternation. Here was a predicament. Well, said Andy, breaking the silence atlast, there s no use of standing here doingnothing. We re in for a stay here now, and. the best thing to do is to make ourselves ascomfortable as possible and find how we standin the way of provisions. After an instant we started back to camp,seeing the wisdom of what he said. Day was just beginning to break; at leastthe east had begun to lighten. But the grayclouds which scudded before the eastern wind covered the sky on all sides, and it was toodark to distinguish objects more than a few feetaway. Altogether the prospect was anythingbut encouraging, particularly to five fellowswho were soaked through and through. When we reached the tent, we all at oncedived between the canvas flaps to take accountof the commissary department. Evidently withthe purpose of enlivening us if possible, Davecalled out the articles in detail, as if he weremaking an inventory of goods, as he did athome in his fathers store twice a year. One bag of Indian mealâbag slightly dam-aged, meal damp; one knuckle of ham, weigh-ing about two pounds; one piece of dried beef,di
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