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CHAPTER IX

ENGINEER PERK ON DECK

Everything else being in readiness Jack and
his muscular comrade started to work the deck
winch in order to get the anchor "apeak," as
Perk called it, being desirous of showing off with
his limited knowledge of things nautical.

"She's amovin' okay, old hoss!" gasped Perk
who had been doing considerable straining,
anxious to display his ability as a mudhook
lifter. "A few more good pulls an' we'll have
the old gink where we want it."

The task being completed, the sloop began to
move backward, very much like those fiddler
crabs Perk had watched retreating before his attack
on one of the sandy Florida beaches.

"Looks like I'd better go aboard our ship and
get away from here before anything happens to
disable a wing," Jack hastened to remark, sensing
possible trouble which would be in the nature
of a serious calamity just then.

ocr>   "Go to it then, matey," Perk told him, light-heartedly
fix>   "Go to it then, matey," Perk told him, lightheartedly
enough, "I'm ready to do my stuff as
a half-cooked engineer. Don't worry a bit about

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