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"Don't you think he will be here before two o'clock?" "I don't know. I wouldn't touch her, Charley," said Frank. DON'T YOU THINK YOU WILL BE HERE BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK I DON'T KNOW I WOULDN'T TOUCH HER CHARLIE SAID FRANK
e clear lake. None of them had ever seen such a fairy bark before, and it more than realized their idea of the airy and graceful craft of which they had read and thought. Uncle Ben had not arrived yet; but he had evidently been there during the forenoon, for the boat had been taken from her moorings, and was now secured by a line attached to a stake driven in the sand. The boys, as a matter of course, were very impatient to take their first lesson in rowing, and to skim over the glassy lake in the splendid barge before them. "Where is Uncle Ben?" asked Charles, hardly able to control his impatience. "He will be here soon; it is not two o'clock yet," answered Frank. "Don't be in a hurry, Charley," added Tony, who had seated himself upon the sand, and considering the exciting circumstances of the day, demeaned himself like a philosopher. "I am so anxious to get a peep at the inside of her," replied Charles, as he took hold of the line that held the boat, and pulled her towards the shore. CEFULLY ON THE TRANQUIL BOSOM OF THE CLEAR LAKE NONE OF THEM HAD EVER SEEN SUCH A FAIRY BARK BEFORE AND IT MORE THAN REALIZED THEIR IDEA OF THE AIRY AND GRACEFUL CRAFT OF WHICH THEY HAD READ AND THOUGHT UNCLE BEN HAD NOT ARRIVED YET BUT HE HAD EVIDENTLY BEEN THERE DURING THE FORENOON FOR THE BOAT HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HER MOORINGS AND WAS NOW SECURED BY A LINE ATTACHED TO A STAKE DRIVEN IN THE SAND THE BOYS AS A MATTER OF COURSE WERE VERY IMPATIENT TO TAKE THEIR FIRST LESSON IN ROWING AND TO SKIM OVER THE GLASSY LAKE IN THE SPLENDID BARGE BEFORE THEM WHERE IS UNCLE BEN ASKED CHARLES HARDLY ABLE TO CONTROL HIS IMPATIENCE HE WILL BE HERE SOON IT IS NOT TWO O'CLOCK YET ANSWERED FRANK DON'T BE IN A HURRY CHARLIE ADDED TONY WHO HAD SEATED HIMSELF UPON THE SAND AND CONSIDERING THE EXCITING CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DAY DEMEANED HIMSELF LIKE A PHILOSOPHER I AM SO ANXIOUS TO GET A PEEP AT THE INSIDE OF HER REPLIED CHARLES AS HE TOOK HOLD OF THE LINE THAT HELD THE BOAT AND PULLED HER TOWARDS THE SHORE
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