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CHAPTER XII

ocr>   ODD ENEMIES FACE TO FACE
fix>   ODDENEMIES FACE TO FACE

"Je-ru-salem crickets!" Perk told himself as
ocr>   be stared, "I do b'lieve that's the same Curtiss-Robin
fix>   he stared, "I do b'lieve that's the same Curtiss-Robin
crate we saw before, an' making direct for
this here section o' the map in the bargain! Now
I wonder what he wants to barge in for when
things seem to be doin' their prettiest for us fellers?
Guess I'd better get ready for boarders.
If that smart guy took a notion to swoop down
for a close-up o' these mangrove islands, he'd be
apt to pick me up, 'specially if he happens to own
a pair o' glasses, which stands to reason he sure
does. Huh! what a bother. Better be slow 'bout
foolin' with a buzz-saw, that's all I c'n say to
him."

No sooner said than done, which was Perk's
usual way of playing the game. He changed his
position for one that offered less chance for discovery
and while about it Perk started to build
up something in the shape of a formidable fortification.

"What luck to have all these logs lyin' around
ocr>   when I need them," he went on to tell himself    ??IDS
fix>   when I need them," he went on to tell himself

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