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became a thing that is lost in the ocean. The tall man fl
all save a solitary fisherman under a large hat, and three boys in
m softly over t
began to move seaward on some unknown voyage. The freckled man laid his face to the water and swam toward the raft wit
led man's head looked at the shore like a round, brown eye, but his gaze was fixed on the ra
back and puffed. His bathing-dress spread about him like a dead balloon. The tall m
planks of the raft seemed to fit their tired limbs
he tall man. His compan
d them to peace. Lapping waves sang little rippling se
id the fr
said t
is g
y and t
tall man indolently twisted his head and watched the bird plunge it
an sleepily. "He must suffer from an endless cold in the head. He should
sen, and was look
ream. "Ted! Te
led man. "You remind me of when I put the
supreme eloquence. His companion up-rear
roared, as
d the tin roofs of huge hotels. The hands from the sea had pushed them
?" moaned the freckled man, wriggli
fascinate the tall man, and
or. He wheeled about and faced the freck
all comes from your accursed vanity, your bathing-su
anion reeled as if stric
Tom, Tom," wailed he, beseech
friend was occupied by
s were blending. The whistle of a locomotive sounde
avered the freckled man, "d
words over his shoulder. "You suppose I am going to accept all this calmly
began the f
d. "You've abducted me! That's the wh
he freckled man. "You
legs angrily in the water. Natural law compelled
ated near, tremulously waving a thousand legs. A row of porpoises trundled along like a process
ack and at either end of th
e for?" demanded the freckled
o like a bottle, we wouldn't