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CHAPTER XI

PERK HOLDS THE FORT

First of all Perk set about getting the one boat
that had been left aboard the smuggler sloop
into the water as he would need it for conveying
his green material with which he intended to
cover the exposed deck.

There was little trouble about accomplishing
that and when he dropped into the rowboat with
a pair of excellent oars in his possession, he felt
considerably encouraged.

So he started to poke around, hoping to run
across some island that was more than a mere
patch of the omnipresent mangrove tangle. This
he succeeded in doing without much loss of time
and his pleasure redoubled at finding a mass of
dwarf saw-palmetto that would yield him a
plentiful supply of fronds with their queer serrated
edges such as would stab cruelly unless one
took care to handle them properly.

Here, too, were some young palmetto trees
with the new leaves within easy reach. Working
with a vim Perk speedily loaded his small
boat with green stuff, after which he returned to

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