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HARPER'S ROUND TABLE

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers. All Rights Reserved.


published weekly.NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1896.five cents a copy.
vol. xviii.—no. 893.two dollars a year.

THE BOY WRECKERS.

BY W. O. STODDARD.

CHAPTER I.

THE THREE-CORNERED BOAT.

"It goes through the water like a wedge," said Pete. "Old Captain Kroomhad it made for himself. That's why it's so wide."

It was "so wide" only at the stern, and it narrowed to a blunt edge atthe prow. All of its lines were pretty nearly straight. Its bottom wasas flat as a floor. At its forward end it was decked over for about twoand a half feet. It was a bit of deck that might serve for a seat, butin the middle of it was a round hole, and from this there stood up astraight stick nine feet high.

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"There's a pretty long boom for that mast," said Pete. "When the sail'son it's a kind of cat-boat. Old Kroom won't row a stroke if he can helpit."

"Well," said Sam, "I guess I wouldn't, either. But won't it tip overwith a sail?"

"No, sirree," replied Pete, confidently. "It needn't ever tip over. Why,if you know how to sail a boat, you won't let yourself be upset."

"Boys," roared a deep husky voice behind them, "what are you doing with

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