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CHAPTER XVIII

THE MASTER CROOK

One thing Perk noticed with more or less
satisfaction as they drew closer to the surface of
the water was the fact that quite a stiff breeze
seemed to be blowing out of the north. The
waves were running up along the shore with
ocr>   considerable vigor and. noise while the dead
fix>   considerable vigor and noise while the dead
leaves hanging from the palmetto trees fringing
the bank above the meagre beach kept up a loud
rustling, such as would effectually drown any
ordinary splash made by the contact of their
pontoons with the surface of the lake.

Conditions could hardly have been more
favorable for an undetected landing--the time
was late, so that it hardly seemed as though any
one would be abroad, the moon kept dodging
behind successive clumps of dark clouds that had
swept up from the southwest and everything
seemed to be arranged just as Jack would have
wished.

Perk had received instructions from his mate
to keep on the watch for certain landmarks that
would serve to tell them they were not far

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