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"Half a dozen of you set your oars in the mud, and push!" continued Frank, highly excited by the danger that menaced them. But it was of no use, they could not start her. "They are upon us," said Tony. "What shall we do?" asked Frank, sadly perplexed. "We must fight," said Fred. "No; I am not willing to do that." "Shall we sit here and let them pound us as much as they have a mind to?" demanded Fred. "But you are coxswain, Frank; and I, for one, shall do just what you say." "So shall I!" said another. "And I!" And so they all said. HALF A DOZEN OF YOU SET YOUR OARS IN THE MUD AND PUSH CONTINUED FRANK HIGHLY EXCITED BY THE DANGER THAT MENACED THEM BUT IT WAS OF NO USE THEY COULD NOT START HER THEY ARE UPON US SAID TONY WHAT SHALL WE DO ASKED FRANK SADLY PERPLEXED WE MUST FIGHT SAID FRED NO I AM NOT WILLING TO DO THAT SHALL WE SIT HERE AND LET THEM POUND US AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE A MIND TO DEMANDED FRED BUT YOU ARE COXING FRANK AND I FOR ONE SHALL DO JUST WHAT YOU SAY SO SHALL I SAID ANOTHER AND I AND SO THEY ALL SAID
"Let them come on," replied Fred. "We can't get rid of them now." "I don't want to fight with them," added Frank. The Thunderbolt was approaching them, not very rapidly, it was true; but a few minutes would involve them in a quarrel, which Frank and a large majority of the club were very anxious to avoid. Tim Bunker was standing up in the stern-sheets of his boat, watching them with malignant interest. "Hurrah! they are aground!" cried Tim, as soon as he understood the nature of the calamity which had befallen the Zephyr. "We have them now; they can't run away, the cowardly long faces!" "Come aft, some of you," said Frank, when he heard these threatening words. "The water is deep enough under the stern. We have only run into a mud-bank." On the starboard side of the boat there was plenty of water, and if they could move her back a rod they could easily escape. The boys obeyed the order of the coxswain; but the Zephyr had been forced so deeply into the mud that her bow still stuck fast. URROUNDED THEM WHAT SHALL BE DONE ASKED TONY LET THEM COME ON REPLIED FRED WE CAN'T GET RID OF THEM NOW I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT WITH THEM ADDED FRANK THE THUNDERBOLT WAS APPROACHING THEM NOT VERY RAPIDLY IT WAS TRUE BUT A FEW MINUTES WOULD INVOLVE THEM IN A QUARREL WHICH FRANK AND A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE CLUB WERE VERY ANXIOUS TO AVOID TIM BUNKER WAS STANDING UP IN THE STERN SHEETS OF HIS BOAT WATCHING THEM WITH MALIGNANT INTEREST HURRAH THEY ARE AGROUND CRIED TIM AS SOON AS HE UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF THE CALAMITY WHICH HAD BEFALLEN THE ZEPHYR WE HAVE THEM NOW THEY CAN'T RUN AWAY THE COWARDLY LONG FACES COME AFT SOME OF YOU SAID FRANK WHEN HE HEARD THESE THREATENING WORDS THE WATER IS DEEP ENOUGH UNDER THE STERN WE HAVE ONLY RUN INTO A MUDBANK ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE BOAT THERE WAS PLENTY OF WATER AND IF THEY COULD MOVE HER BACK A ROD THEY COULD EASILY ESCAPE THE BOYS OBEYED THE ORDER OF THE COXWAIN BUT THE ZEPHYR HAD BEEN FORCED SO DEEPLY INTO THE MUD THAT HER BOW STILL STUCK FAST
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