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ence of two-legged human enemies whom he had
reason to suspect of designs on his life.

"How about a little grub for a change, partner?"
demanded Perk, after they had been talking
for quite some time.

"I reckon it wouldn't come amiss," admitted
Jack; "but if you've got any idea of starting a
fire and making coffee, better throw that overboard
right away, for in the first place you'd
find it a hard job to run across any solid ground
among all these mangrove islands and then besides
it might not be the wisest thing going to
send up a column of smoke to attract attention
to this quarter. Get that do you, Perk?"

"Y--es," admitted the other, with a disconsolate
shrug of his shoulders as if he had no liking
for the scheme being thus tabooed, "s'pose
it's jest like you put it, Jack, though I own up I
was hopin' we might make a pot o' coffee. Just
the same we got plenty o' fresh water along, even
if it is sorter warm an' coffee'd taste just prime,
but I c'n stand anything when necessity drives.
ocr>   So let's get our teeth in some eats without bother-in'
fix>   So let's get our teeth in some eats without botherin'
ocr>   further, 'cause I'm half, starved an' them
fix>   further, 'cause I'm half starved an' them
sandwiches'd go fine."

Accordingly they started operations, Perk
clambering aboard the amphibian to fish out the
package of "eats", he knowing best where it had

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