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BY
FRANK R. STOCKTON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
FREDERIC DORR STEELE

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1903
COPYRIGHT, 1886, 1892, 1898.
BY THE CENTURY CO.
THE DEVINNE PRESS.
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| PART I | |
| PAGE | |
| THESE TWO WORTHY DAMES SPENT THE GREATER PART OF THEIR TIME ON DECK | Frontispiece |
| DO YOU SEE THAT BOAT THERE? | 6 |
| MRS. ALESHINE PROVED TO BE A MORE DIFFICULT SUBJECT | 11 |
| WE WILL PULL AFTER THEM | ...|