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The Motor Girls on Waters Blue - Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar by Margaret Penrose
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troubles are a nothing. My father may be in prison, but what of zat--he
is living--and your mother--"

She did not finish. Walter came in to announce that he had secured a
large auto that would take them to the marina, whence they could get
a boat to go out to the steamer.

"I only hope those sailors haven't disappeared," murmured Jack. "Now
then, are you girls ready?"

"Yes," answered Belle. She, as well as Cora and Bess, had somewhat
recovered their composure, after the first sudden shock. Hope had
sprung up again, though they were presently to learn on what a
slender thread that hope hung. Jack had regained some of his former
commanding manner in the emergency.

Inez went with her new friends to the docks. She seemed to have
forgotten her own grief in ministering to the girls, and much of her
former timid and shrinking manner had disappeared.

They found a large and powerful motor boat that would take them out
to the ship, and, indeed, a staunch craft was needed, since there was
still a heavy swell on, from the recent storm.

"Are there many boats like this in San Juan?" asked Jack of the man
at the wheel, who spoke very good English.

"Not many. There's only one as good, and that's much larger. She's
the Tartar--and she's a beauty!"

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