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CHAPTER XIV

THE COAST GUARD MEN

Perk made a discovery just then that afforded
him more or less satisfaction. This was the fact
that apparently Jack's mission to Tampa had not
been in vain for he could see several heads in the
cabin of the amphibian beside that of his best
chum.

"Huh! 'pears like Jack fetched through okay,
an' has ferried some guys back with him to take
this stuff off'n our hands," Perk was muttering,
even as Jack started to clamber aboard the sloop,
being closely followed by a couple of determined
looking young men.

"Back again, brother," Jack observed, as he
clasped the extended hand of his partner, then,
gave a queer grimace upon taking note of the
splintered coaming of the sloop as well as the
badly pockmarked barricade of mahogany logs.
"Say, what's all this mean, I want to know--looks
like you might have been mixed up in some
sort of rumpus while I was away!"

Perk grinned and nodded his head cheerfully.

'Had a heap o' fun, old boss, an' got loads o'

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