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Pee-Wee Harris Adrift by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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"Warranted nothing," said Billy; "look how muddy the water is all
around it. It'll be about as big as a fifty cent piece by midnight.
The river is eating it all away."

"Speaking of eating," said Townsend, "here comes the discoverer."

The discoverer and his companion were indeed approaching and apparently
they had sacked the town of Bridgeboro. Their gallant barque labored
under a veritable mountain of miscellaneous paraphernalia and out of
the pile projected a long bar with a device on the end of it which
glinted red and green in the sunshine.

"It looks like a weather-vane," said Billy.

"There's something printed on it," said Roly.

"It says _STOP_," said the boy they called Nuts.

"It says _GO_" said the boy they called Brownie.

"I think," said Townsend, scrutinizing the approaching transport in his
funny way, "I think, I _think_, it's a traffic sign. You don't see any
automobiles in the canoe, do you?"

"There's something sticking out on the left side," said Billy; "I think
it's a Ford. I hope the island isn't going to be overrun by motorists."

"It's not a Ford, it's a dishpan," said Brownie.

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