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"That's unfortunate," said Mrs. Noah, "because I don't know anything about these new fangled notions. If there's any one here who knows anything about naphtha engines, I wish they'd speak." THAT'S UNFORTUNATE SAID MISSUS NOAH BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE NEW FANGLED NOTIONS IF THERE'S ANY ONE HERE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT NAPHTHA ENGINES I WISH THEY'D SPEAK
e perturbation of spirit. “Now, Mrs. Noah,” said Cleopatra, as, peeping out from the billiard-room window, she saw Morgan disappearing in the distance, “the coast is clear, and I resign my position of chairman to you. We place the vessel in your hands, and ourselves subject to your orders. You are in command. What do you wish us to do?” “Very well,” replied Mrs. Noah, putting down her knitting and starting for the deck. “I’m not certain, but I think the first thing to do is to get her moving. Do you know, I’ve never discovered whether this boat was a steamboat or a sailing-vessel? Does anybody know?” “I think it has a naphtha tank and a propeller,” said Elizabeth, “although I don’t know. It seems to me my brother Raleigh told me they’d had a naphtha engine put in last winter after the freshet, when the House-boat was carried ten miles down the river, and had to be towed back at enormous expense. They put it in so that if she were carried away again she could get back of her own power.” T IN A MANNER WHICH BETRAYED CONSIDERABLE PERTURBATION OF SPIRIT NOW MISSUS NOAH SAID CLEOPATRA AS PEEPING OUT FROM THE BILLIARD ROOM WINDOW SHE SAW MORGAN DISAPPEARING IN THE DISTANCE THE COAST IS CLEAR AND I RESIGN MY POSITION OF CHAIRMAN TO YOU WE PLACE THE VESSEL IN YOUR HAND AND OURSELVES SUBJECT TO YOUR ORDERS YOU ARE IN COMMAND WHAT DO YOU WISH US TO DO VERY WELL REPLIED MISSUS NOAH PUTTING DOWN HER KNITTING AND STARTING FOR THE DECK I'M NOT CERTAIN BUT I THINK THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO GET HER MOVING DO YOU KNOW I'VE NEVER DISCOVERED WHETHER THIS BOAT WAS A STEAMBOAT OR A SAILING VESSEL DOES ANYBODY KNOW I THINK IT HAS A NAPATHANK AND A PROPELLER SAID ELIZABETH ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW IT SEEMS TO ME MY BROTHER RALEIGH TOLD ME THEY'VE HAD A NAP THE ENGINE PUT IN LAST WINTER AFTER THE FRESHET WHEN THE HOUSEBOAT WAS CARRIED TEN MILES DOWN THE RIVER AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK AT ENORMOUS EXPENSE THEY PUT IT IN SO THAT IF SHE WERE CARRIED AWAY AGAIN SHE WOULD GET BACK OF HER OWN POWER
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