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"Well, wasn't that what you wanted?" queried Munchausen. "What we wanted!" cried Shem. "Well, I guess not. You don't want your yacht stranded on a mountain top, do you? She was a dead loss there, whereas if mother hadn't been in such a hurry to get ashore, we could have waited a month and landed on the seaboard." WELL WASN'T THAT WHAT YOU WANTED QUERIED MONKHAUSEN WHAT WE WANTED CRIED SHAM WELL I GUESS NOT YOU DON'T WANT YOUR YACHT STRANDED ON A MOUNTAIN TOP DO YOU SHE WAS A DEAD LOSS THERE WHEREAS IF MOTHER HADN'T BEEN IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET ASHORE WE COULD HAVE WAITED A MONTH AND LANDED ON THE SEA BOARD
 at the fore were signals of farewell, with an unfeeling P.S. below to this effect: ‘_Don’t wait up for us_. _We may not be back until late_.’” There was a pause, during which Socrates laughed quietly to himself, while Abeuchapeta and the one-sided Morgan wept silently. “That, gentlemen of the Associated Shades, is all I know of the whereabouts of the House-boat,” continued Captain Kidd. “I have no doubt that the ladies practised a deception, to our discomfiture, and I must say that I think it was exceedingly clever—granting that it was desirable to be rid of us, which I don’t, for we meant well by them, and they would have enjoyed themselves.” “But,” cried Hamlet, “may they not now be in peril? They cannot navigate that ship.” “They got her out of the harbor all right,” said Kidd. “And I judged from the figure at the helm that Mrs. Noah had taken charge. What kind of a seaman she is I don’t know.” “Almighty bad,” ejaculated Shem, turning pale. “It was she who ran us ashore on Ararat.” SURELY DISAPPEARING OVER THE HORIZON AND FLYING FROM THE FLAGSTAFF AT THE FORE WERE SIGNALS OF FAREWELL WITH AN UNFEELING S TO THIS EFFECT DON'T WAIT UP FOR US WE MAY NOT BE BACK UNTIL LATE THERE WAS A PAUSE DURING WHICH SOCRATES LAUGHED QUIETLY TO HIMSELF WHILE ABEUCHAPETA AND THE ONE SIDED MORGAN WEPT SILENTLY THAT GENTLEMAN OF THE ASSOCIATED SHADES IS ALL I KNOW OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE HOUSE BOAT CONTINUED CAPTAIN KID I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE LADIES PRACTISED A DECEPTION TO OUR DISCOMFITURE AND I MUST SAY THAT I THINK IT WAS EXCEEDINGLY CLEVER GRANTING THAT IT WAS DESIRABLE TO BE RID OF US WHICH I DON'T FOR WE MEANT WELL BY THEM AND THEY WOULD HAVE ENJOYED OURSELVES BUT CRIED HAMLET MAY THEY NOT NOW BE IN PERIL THEY CANNOT NAVIGATE THAT SHIP THEY GOT HER OUT OF THE HARBOUR ALL RIGHT SAID KID AND I JUDGED FROM THE FIGURE AT THE HELM THAT MISSUS NOAH HAD TAKEN CHARGE WHAT KIND OF A SEAMEN SHE IS I DON'T KNOW ALMIGHTY BAD EJACULATED JEM TURNING PALE IT WAS SHE WHO RAN ASHORE ON ARRAT
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