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hours, with faithful Perk keeping steadfastly at
his new job.

From time to time he would find the plane
hovering directly over his head, and was able to
catch certain signals which he could understand
ocr>   because of a previous arrangement he and Jack ??linedeleted
fix>   because of a previous arrangement he and Jack
had.

Although the moving sloop was not over a
mile or so from the shore line, it was next to impossible
ocr>   for Perk to catch a fleeting glimpse of ??
fix>   for Perk to catch a fleeting glimpse of
ocr>   and, so as to get his bearings.
fix>   land, so as to get his bearings.

"Huh!" he told himself at one time after he
had received instructions to draw a bit further
toward the open gulf, as he was approaching
some point of land jutting into the water, and
ocr>   thus making a shoal possibly covered with coonoysters,
fix>   thus making a shoal possibly covered with coon-oysters,
on which he was apt to pull up hurriedly
with disastrous results, "this here is like flyin'
blind at a five thousand-foot ceilin',--Jack, he
c'n see the land by usin' the night glasses, so it's
a good thing I c'n get tips from him right along.
Gee! this sure is gettin' some monotonous,
keepin' this old motor hummin' when it's on the
ocr>   blink so bad. Must be a wheen past midnight,'
fix>   blink so bad. Must be a wheen past midnight,
I'd say, an' we ought to be clost to them Ten
Thousand Islands by now."

He had been keeping close watch on the stars
and although making no claims to being a first-class
woodsman, Perk could tell the time of

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