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Up the Hill and Over

CHAPTER XII
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Well, out or in, we've got to get that boat.

Let's explore--this path ought to lead to the lake." "Shall we steal it ?" in a delighted whisper.
"We probably shall.

You won't mind going to jail, I hope ?" "Not at all!" The doctor was walking so rapidly that Esther was a little out of breath.

"Only, the oars--are certain--to be locked--in the house!" she warned jerkily.
"Then we shall serve sentence for house breaking also." "Oh, gracious!" Esther stumbled over the root of a tree and nearly fell.
But the doctor only walked the faster.

They scrambled together down the steep path and over the stretch of rocky beach to where the tiny float lay a black oblong on the water.


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