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CHAPTER XXIV

ON HANDS AND KNEES

Even while Jack was saying those few words,
Perk had recovered from his sudden alarm,
since he already knew the reason for the other's
bringing him to a halt.

ocr>   "Huh I that crate's startin' off again, seems
fix>   "Huh! that crate's startin' off again, seems
like," he muttered.

Indeed, it was a foregone certainty for the
splash of water told the story as well as the
abrupt explosions of a working motor. Then,
too, these suggestive sounds all came from
directly ahead.

Then Perk had another gripping fear which
he imagined must have also seized his companion--that
the chief object of their concern
might be a passenger aboard that ship, heading
once more across the state to Miami and that in
consequence, all of Jack's carefully laid plans
would meet the same untimely fate as befalls an
ambitious soap-bubble when struck by a stray
puff of air.

So they continued to stand there and listen to
the telltale sounds with sinking hearts. Perk in

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