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hearing this said, it was plainly evident he fully
agreed with his pal.

After that wonderful sunrise, which even Perk
had called glorious, the sky clouded up around
noon and there were even signs to warn them that
rain might come along by nightfall. The visibility,
too, became somewhat poor which possibly
was one reason that influenced Jack to make
a certain decision which Perk heard later on
with unbounded pleasure.

"It's getting on my nerves a bit, too, I must
confess, Perk," was the way he started to state his
case, "and since there would be small chance of
discovery, thanks to this muggy atmosphere,
what's to hinder our taking a little stroll, keeping
a wary eye out for stragglers?"

"I get you, partner," was the eager way Perk
snapped him up on the proposition which
exactly tallied with what he himself had been
wishing. "I calculate now it means we c'n
move around an' get tabs on this here hideout o'
the gent we're so much in love with, eh, what?"

"Wouldn't do any harm to learn the lay of the
land," Jack told him, "especially since we mean
to do most of our snooping under cover of night.
So let's step out and take our little saunter. We
know right well in a general way that the shack
must lie down the shore, by that point jutting
out a mile away. Let's hope we'll be able to run

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